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culture
A	noun
	1	culture
			the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚transaction; dealing; dealings ╚commerce; commercialism; mercantilism ╚commercial enterprise; business enterprise; business ╚industry; manufacture ╚production ╚cultivation ╚culture ╚viticulture ╚tillage ╚cranberry culture
	2	culture
			(biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚process ╚organic process; biological process ╚growth; growing; maturation; development; ontogeny; ontogenesis ╚culture
	3	culture
			the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚basic cognitive process ╚discrimination; secernment ╚taste; appreciation; discernment; perceptiveness ╚culture ╚letters ╚mass culture ╚counterculture
	4	acculturation, culture
			all the knowledge and values shared by a society
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚acculturation, culture ╚meme
	5	culture
			the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚attitude; mental attitude ╚culture ╚mosaic culture ╚Kalashnikov culture ╚cyberculture
	6	culture, civilization, civilisation
			a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚society ╚culture, civilization, civilisation ╚Western culture; Western civilization ╚Paleo-American culture; Paleo-Amerind culture; Paleo-Indian culture ╚Mycenaean civilization; Mycenaean civilisation; Mycenaean culture ╚Minoan civilization; Minoan civilisation; Minoan culture ╚Helladic civilization; Helladic civilisation; Helladic culture ╚Aegean civilization; Aegean civilisation; Aegean culture
	7	polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish
			a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph
		Category Tree: state ╚perfection; flawlessness; ne plus ultra ╚polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish
	8	culture
			(bacteriology) the product of cultivating micro-organisms in a nutrient medium
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚material; stuff ╚chemical ╚product ╚culture ╚starter

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